An official report to be published tomorrow will not identify those who funded
Dr Liam Fox’s self-styled adviser, The Daily Telegraph can disclose.

Sir Gus O’Donnell, the Cabinet Secretary, is expected to rule that the former Defence Secretary broke the ministerial code of conduct by failing to declare the arrangements surrounding Adam Werritty.

However, the report, set to run only to about 10 pages, will conclude that there is no evidence that Dr Fox personally profited from the arrangement.

Although Downing Street will publish the entire report, The Daily Telegraph understands it will not include detailed information about how Mr Werritty was funded, an omission which is expected to lead to accusations of a cover-up.

The Defence Secretary resigned last week following a series of disclosures that revealed that his unofficial adviser was funded by millionaire businessmen and companies, including those with defence-related interests.

Mr Werritty met Dr Fox overseas on at least 19 different occasions and attended 22 meetings at the Ministry of Defence. He was also present during dinners and conversations between Dr Fox and foreign officials.

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Last week, David Cameron pledged that the Cabinet Secretary would “answer all the remaining questions” in the Fox scandal. It previously emerged that Mr Werritty helped set up a company called Pargav that funded his travel around the world. Dr Fox is alleged to have approached wealthy backers to provide money to Pargav.

So far, only the identities of those donating about £50,000 of the £150,000 raised by Pargav have been disclosed. It had been thought that Sir Gus’s report would set out the source of the rest of the funding.

The Prime Minister also promised to examine whether Mr Werritty had meetings or contacts with other government ministers. It is understood that this information will not be covered in the report.

Last night, Labour demanded full disclosure of all the information.

Jim Murphy, the shadow defence secretary, said: “Labour has demanded an independent external inquiry, and now it seems all we are being offered is a selective internal report. David Cameron must provide full transparency over all of Liam Fox and Adam Werritty’s activities. We need to know the full extent of Dr Fox’s use of Adam Werrity as an 'unofficial adviser’, how Mr Werritty was funded and all his links and meetings with Government.”

The Cabinet Secretary is expected to point to failings in Dr Fox’s private Civil Service office in failing to properly scrutinise his meetings and alert officials to potential conflicts of interest.

Yesterday, it also emerged that government plans for a statutory register of lobbyists will be delayed until 2013. Despite the Fox scandal, the legislation will now not be introduced until next year.

The former defence secretary is expected to receive more than £17,000 in severance pay.

John Mann, a Labour MP who led calls for Dr Fox to be held to account over his relationship with Mr Werritty, said: “It’s outrageous that a shamed and discredited ex-minister gets such a huge payout. It’s for Dr Fox to now take the honourable route and immediately repay this money to the Exchequer.”